Despair 'drove Geldof to the brink'

Human rights activist and musician Bob Geldof has revealed the only thing that kept him from the brink of suicide was his children.

In an emotional interview, the Irish musician said he was “destroyed” when his wife and partner for 20 years, Paula Yates, left him and he was “beyond despair” when she died as a result of an overdose in 2000.